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Una epidemia de ceguera golpea una ciudad y el resultado es el caos, el gobierno emite órdenes de disparar a matar. Gran parte de la acción se ve a través de los ojos de una mujer que dice ser ciega para no ser separada de su marido. Una mirada a cómo se comportan las personas bajo estrés. Por el autor de La Historia del Sitio de Lisboa.
An epidemic of blindness strikes a city and the result is chaos, the government issuing shoot-to-kill orders....
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Sir John Fielding is one who is shot when "suspicion and fear are running high in London, as a gang of expert criminals terrorizes the town in a spree of robbery and murder. ... There is but one peculiar clue to the identity of this group: The robbers are all black men."--Jacket.
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"What unforgivable sin would you commit to save the world? In 2161, the first chimera arose. A year later, twelve billion people were dead. The few who survived called it the Reckoning. Generations later, their descendants hide within the walls of small, rustic villages, cowering from chimeras. They revere tradition. They fear innovation. They mistrust anything that's different. Root couldn't be more different. Curious and irreverent, she disquiets...
85) Idealne życie
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Życie Blaise wydaje sie̜ idealne, ale to tylko pozory. Jest pie̜kna, bogata, inteligentna i od lat udaje sie̜ jej utrzymać na szczycie dziennikarskiej kariery, zmaga sie̜ jednak z trudna̜ sytuacja̜ rodzinna̜; jej córka Salima straciła wzrok w wyniku choroby. Zarówno Blaise, jak i Salima musza̜ zmierzyć sie̜ ze swoim smutkiem i strachem. Coś jednak zaczyna sie̜ zmieniać, kiedy w ich domu pojawia sie̜ nowy opiekun Salimy, Simon. Me̜żczyzna...
90) Lucy's picture
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A young girl creates a special picture that her blind grandfather can "see" with his hands.
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"Marie-Laure mieszka wraz z ojcem w Paryżu. Gdy traci wzrok, uczy się poznawać świat przez słuch i dotyk, a ojciec podarowuje jej niezwykły miniaturowy model miasta. Kiedy hitlerowcy wkraczają do Paryża, dwunastoletnia Marie-Laure ucieka z ojcem do Saint-Malo na wybrzeżu Bretanii. Niebawem miasteczko staje się ostatnim niemieckim bastionem na kontynencie, zaciekle odpierającym bombowe ataki aliantów. Bezbronna niewidoma dziewczyna...
98) The transcriber
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Louis's sister, Emily, is blind. She's also in the marching band, gets great grades, sculpts in clay, and has the biggest bedroom in the house to accommodate her Braille maching. Everyone thinks Emily's accomplishments are extraordinary, and most think that she can do no wrong. The single person who doesn't feel awe--or pity--for her is Louis. He wishes people would just stop comparing the two of them. Louis wants his own life. Then, a family tragedy...
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Off season volume 2
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"Ria and Drew Martin's chemistry had always kept their marriage together--until suddenly it didn't. Now a single mom, hotel manager Ria is at a loss when one of her teen daughters starts spiraling. Panicked, she calls on her estranged ex-husband for backup, but she's not prepared for the man he's become--or the unresolved emotions that still linger between them. After his divorce, Drew pulled away from everyone when he lost his eyesight and his job...
100) The blind hunter
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A blind African hunter teaches a young man how to see by using his other senses.
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